Celebrate
Black Stories

Books for Babies & Toddlers

Suggested Ages: 0–3

Hey, Baby!

Andrea Pippins

Cool Cuts

Mechal Renee Roe

Grandma's Purse

Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Happy Hair

Mechal Renee Roe

I Look Up To... Michelle Obama

Anna Membrino, Fatti Burke

Books for Kids

Suggested Ages: 4–9

Why Not You?

Ciara, Russell Wilson, Jessica Gibson, JaNay Brown-Wood

Most Perfect You

Jazmyn Simon, Tamisha Anthony

Repeat After Me

Jazmyn Simon, Dulé Hill, Shamar Knight-Justice

The Spark in You

Andrea Pippins

Becoming Vanessa

Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Who Will You Be?

Andrea Pippins

I'm Growing Great

Mechal Renee Roe

Smart Sisters

Mechal Renee Roe

Born Ready

Jodie Patterson, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Love, Lah Lah

Nailah Blackman, Jade Orlando

What Is Given from the Heart

Patricia C. McKissack, April Harrison

Dream Street

Tricia Elam Walker, Ekua Holmes

Standing in the Need of Prayer

Carole Boston Weatherford, Frank Morrison

Harlem at Four

Michael Datcher, Frank Morrison

Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese

Glenda Armand, Steffi Walthall

Harlem's Little Blackbird

Renée Watson, Christian Robinson

Little Daymond Learns to Earn

Daymond John, Nicole Miles

Bedtime Bonnet

Nancy Redd, Nneka Myers

Wash Day with Mama

Monica Mikai

Curve & Flow

Andrea J. Loney, Keith Mallett

Nana Akua Goes to School

Tricia Elam Walker, April Harrison

Double Bass Blues

Andrea J. Loney, Rudy Gutierrez

Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!

Patricia C. McKissack, Brian Pinkney

Mama's Home

Shay Youngblood, Lo Harris

Me and the Boss

Michelle Edwards, April Harrison

The Last Stand

Antwan Eady, Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

Rita Lorraine Hubbard, Oge Mora

The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

Mirandy and Brother Wind

Patricia McKissack, Jerry Pinkney

Tar Beach

Faith Ringgold

That Is My Dream!

Langston Hughes, Daniel Miyares

Lillian's Right to Vote

Jonah Winter, Shane W. Evans

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

Paula Young Shelton, Raul Colón

Shirley Chisholm Dared

Alicia D. Williams, April Harrison

Of Thee I Sing

Barack Obama, Loren Long

Sweet Justice

Mara Rockliff, R. Gregory Christie

I Have a Dream (Book & CD)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Kadir Nelson

Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Marley and the Family Band

Cedella Marley, Tracey Baptiste, Tiffany Rose

The Green Piano

Roberta Flack, Tonya Bolden, Hayden Goodman

Ice Cream Man

Glenda Armand, Kim Freeman, Keith Mallett

No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas

Tonya Bolden, Don Tate

Ode to Grapefruit

Kari Lavelle, Bryan Collier

Only Passing Through

Anne Rockwell, R. Gregory Christie

The Faith of Elijah Cummings

Carole Boston Weatherford, Laura Freeman

Little Golden Book Biographies

Harry Belafonte: A Little Golden Book Biography

Lavaille Lavette, Anastasia Magloire Williams

Beyonce: A Little Golden Book Biography

Lavaille Lavette, Anastasia Magloire Williams

Colin Powell: A Little Golden Book Biography

Frank Berrios, Kristin Sorra

Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography

Anne Wynter, Courtney Lovett

Willie Mays: A Little Golden Book Biography

Anne Wynter, Bea Jackson

Books for Growing Readers

Suggested Ages: 6–9

Tiana and the Magic of Harlem (Disney Princess)

RH Disney

Words Are Magic!

Zaila Avant-garde, Felicia Whaley

I Am Born to Be Awesome!

Mechal Renee Roe

Claudie Finds Her Talent (American Girl)

Bria Alston, Random House

From coloring sheets, to puzzles, to posters, and more, continue celebrating Black stories all year long with these activities for kids ages 3–9!

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Books for Tweens

Suggested Ages: 8–12

Trailblazers: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Christine Platt

Slavery and the African American Story

Patricia Williams Dockery

Brave. Black. First.

Cheryl Willis Hudson, Erin K. Robinson

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson

Recognize!

Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson

Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers

Michelle Obama

The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers)

Heather McGhee

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

Christopher Paul Curtis

Operation Sisterhood

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Clean Getaway

Nic Stone

Not an Easy Win

Chrystal D. Giles

Futureland: Battle for the Park

H.D. Hunter, Khadijah Khatib

Marcus Makes a Movie

Kevin Hart, David Cooper, Geoff Rodkey

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

David Barclay Moore

The Swag Is in the Socks

Kelly J. Baptist

Eb & Flow

Kelly J. Baptist

Books for Teens

Suggested Ages: 13+

Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults)

Barack Obama

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults)

Bryan Stevenson

Notes from a Young Black Chef (Adapted for Young Adults)

Kwame Onwuachi, Joshua David Stein

The Swans of Harlem (Adapted for Young Adults)

Karen Valby

Dear Martin

Nic Stone

145th Street: Short Stories

Walter Dean Myers

Pet

Akwaeke Emezi

Bad Witch Burning

Jessica Lewis

Chlorine Sky

Mahogany L. Browne

Finding Jupiter

Kelis Rowe

The Homecoming War

Addie Woolridge

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

Love Requires Chocolate

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Love on Paper

Danielle Parker

Nubia: The Awakening

Omar Epps, Clarence A. Haynes

Skin of the Sea

Natasha Bowen

The Black Queen

Jumata Emill

Off the Record

Camryn Garrett

Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman

Kristen R. Lee

The Dividing Sky

Jill Tew

The Gilded Ones

Namina Forna

There's No Way I'd Die First

Lisa Springer

This Is My America

Kim Johnson

Blood at the Root

LaDarrion Williams

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